Maximum Decibels

Letter to the Editor:
Lots of local media attention is being directed right now towards allowing ATV's to cross local roadways in PEC.
What's so harmful in that?
Let's look at this issue in a different way.
Why the anger towards these machines; why the opposition?
If ATV's muffled their mufflers, would there be so much opposition?
Remember what it used to be like when no one had the right to stop smokers from smoking in restaurants or any other building including one's own house?
Smoke could be blown right into your face and there wasn't anything you could do or say if you wanted to remain accepted by society instead of being labeled crazy or intolerant.
Well, noise presents the same issues.
Lawmakers should stipulate a certain number of decibels that can be produced by all vehicles - ATV's, snowmobiles, cars, trucks, boats etc.
Then people wouldn't necessarily 'hate' them.
The operators/drivers would be tolerated and maybe even respected. They sure aren't widely respected right now.
How hard would that be to legislate. 'X' number of decibels or you're pulled over.
Look at all the extra revenue in fines.
Look at all the night-shifters that could get a good day's sleep, all the anger and opposition to noisy machines and their operators that might disappear.
I suggest we start right here, in The County, with a maximum decibel law.
Are any of the council members in agreement? Are you?
Karen Smith